Automobile turn-table.



'PATEHTED APR. 3, 1906.

E. A. TEBNBR. AUTOMGBILE TURN TABLE nrmunlo n nun we. '1. ms.

Inc/671507 .ZT 112; veer UNITED sTATEs Q TENT OiiFIGE.

EDWARD A. TURNER, OF CHICAGO, lLLINUIS.

AUTOMOBILE TURN-"TABLEi Specification of Letters Patent.

ratentea April 3, lens.

Application filad August 7,1905. Burial Ne. 272,960.

gum I is a plan viw of s wm-mbl Fig. 3 is a deta.ii of a. device forloc 'pit-rim pieces in positiq1i, 5ein 'g'cross-sfec tion on the line 3 3 of Fig.1; i tail of the brake mechanism, being a gross section an the iinq44 of F 1. Like a rlegindi'cated fiy the-same latte;

form on which it 'rests. This table is showniohaknihe table s ohfioui'ithretore, than mi ht;

' estial HI r pruvided with 7 he' spying? 33 8:16 7 oiflawardl aprofeetr ass e-BotsL in than mg 38 dedin t 'erqonrste M.

pm ts bi cken sway. Fig. 2 is a, cresssectin' of the same with an automobile infiition; si s v -4 v aim-1x113?fThe'flangesRIRJJolts A is anauto nobile; B,the turn-table plat d ish shapdl ,oi' iiiwardly inclined tmif ai'd iii it), might take the form of'n pan. Mgnum'er have shm'm he harmonizs with the dishshapcd piatfurm, which may also be called a washiabis a dish-shaped bottom far the pit Gisariy this bottom might bu shaped so as be inciine in my direction If in any case the sewer conncstien be placed in position at ens sids Qf the 5 see to be occupied by the 11m uible; it :nig it, be desirable to shape the bet ton s as m have it pitch toward the sewerin the middle. The pit or pan may bn set in il s fl nqz when there iS a basement. 1 ?'i" pit-rim. pieces L-shaped in crossand in'vifardly ro'ecting arm P", havin the anghgrf ieqes F? 2 and the standards in whit: i'is mquntd the shaft P carrying the {sharing-wheel P, on which the track rests. I .Thus the plaform B issupported within the piti-on the wheels P P and the balls G G; a strengths -rib on the l S, and anbhor-pieqeT tndito held thepit-rim in proper 'positxpn." I I hgye shown 7 ibfiikfi' bnt bein I no art of fimginvnfiignfi; gotg clsimed I a all rie'fiy .7 describe it; Ujsjsf nket on one rim-piece at, 3am U i qreceive the brakefhs, 6 U, and cam-shaped head Gmqves" receive yrajections U and igo sition while the curved satin fbr the head. The

fl wheels? bnigth the table near' its periphall'e' inteniid to vfaxziiiisate turning of the is lsipviien thsliittei'. is everbalanced. When the nachine ii in'ifis roperposition, the wei htis cairrieii' by the alls.

toadl considered my invention presents the com iniition of a rqtairy ,wash table, litigated tshezi the water which falls uponjt, 5 iiggi pgn adapted to pitch the assist opening svsng iiongh the same should nnt be s qiien 51nd provided each with a dewnwardiy It also makes it 7 5 and their points of discharge coincide on the mes of angularwrv I siaeso and particularly evil-It:- ri the turning of mav chinrs which have ,li j frames or widelywhich the table is mounted above and in as 55 separated wlivcir-n sociation with the pit.

i have spolmn of 1intomohilcs, and I 2. A turn-table for automobiles and the wish that term to he iiiltl iibl llld hrondly, so like comprisingarotatablc dish-shaped wateras to include [ulY isied vehicle which may shedding Wash-platform with a pit having a be properly \lSCil iii Hall a ccntrivance. water-collecting bottom and adapted 'to re- 6o 1 do not wish to limited to the precise ceive and collect such water,'a discharge conform, aimngcimmt, piopoiwion, and strucnection leading fromthe lowest oint of such 10 turn of these several parts; but I wish my pit and suitable devices on while the table is drawings to be taken as in a sense diagrammounted above and is associated withthe pit.

rustic and intended to illustrate in a general 3: A tum-table for automobiles and the 65, way the structure and mode of operation. of like comprisingarotatabledish shaped watermy device without confining me to the par shedding wash-platform having a central apticular details shown. erture, with a pit having a dish-shaped bot- The use and operation of my invention are tom,and ada ted to'receive and col act such pcrha s already suiliciently set forth; but I water," a disc arge connectionleadin .from 7oshall riefiy recite them again. In the first the lowest oin't of said pit, and-suits le deplace the turntablc is practically flush with vices on w ich the table is mounted above 20 the floor of the building'and does not in any and in association with the'pit;

way interfere with the use of the adjacent 4. A turntable for automobiles comprisfioor-space. When the automobile is in poing a pitwith a series of angular curved rim- 7 5 sition on the table, it may be cleaned or ieces thereabo'ut, inwardlyrojecting arms" Washed, or oiled, or otherwise treated and opiioin such rim-pieces, wheel su ported" on era ted upon, and the debris will be carried ofl. said arms and a latform rotatab y mounted by the water or liquid toward the center of ab'ovesaid wheelii'. p the dish-shaped table or into the pit. What- 5. A-turn-table for automobiles compris- 8o ever water there may he in or aboutthe turning a pitjacentral edsstal with-open lsides table'will ass into the pit and toward the rising"the rein, ane Orsthieref0r-embedded o center, and thus all of the liquid and debris in the floor oi the pit; a'raceway for balls in whose presence results from cleaning or' 'ihetop of thepede'stail a'l'rd'a Womble plat. otherwise caring for the automobilewill be form mou'ntedu on said balls 8 carried easily and naturallydown into the 6.:At1imtab 6 f6! aiitom obileiacomprisleading from the pit and suitable devices on sewer connection. The rim of the pit and the m a; pit; acentrai hollows 5 other 1)arts, articular] thosewhichsu port ta rising thcreimanchors the ba ls and the whee sabove which t e tain the floor of thiipitf fitilkiewaj forballs'in his is carried, are securely mounted and anthe'top of the-thimble a'mf'a rotatable letgo chored in a permanent manner. Since the form-mounted'updfi'sbid ballssaid p stal rotating platform of the turntable is'dishprovided with 0pe1iin'gsi1iits's1de8/andisaid 4o shaped, the automobile when in position -pit provided witha central dischargo-aperv thereon tends to remain in position without turo'beneath-the thimble. ang special lockin device. 7. A turn-tablefor automobiles compris 5 n the preferre form, as stated above, the a rotary pin-mum with a pit and suitable rotating platform and the pit are dish-shaped supporting parts, said it provided'with' aserimwieca =which-are axis of rotation; but the essential thing is flangedat theiradjllcenfl"efids;"acr0Ss-bOlt 1 that the water is shed by the rotating table throu' h the flan es; and-anbnchoriece eonmo and collected for rlischargcfby the pit. nected with sai 'bolt and embdd dimthe I clain1- wall oflthelpiti 5o 1. A turn-table for automobiles and the EDVIARD A. TURNER. like comprising a rotatable water-sheclding Witnesses: 5 Wash-platform with a pit adapted to receive -GE0. S. Wnmaus, and collect such water, a discharge connection L. MJDOWNINL 

